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2011 NFL Mock Draft: Von Miller A Near Unanimous Pick For The Cardinals

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The NFL Draft is less than a month away, so at this point we have a new Mock Draft to pass along to you just about every single day. Today's installment is from USA Today, who brought together six of their NFL writers to form a democratic, and extremely confusing, mock draft. Each writer made a pick for all 32 teams in the first round. For the Cardinals, it was a nearly unanimous pick.

Five of the six drafters picked Texas A&M linebacker Von Miller, while the sixth chose Missouri QB Blaine Gabbert. It should be noted that the one who didn't draft Miller had him going off the board before the Cardinals had a chance to draft him. But none of the other five drafters had one of the top two quarterbacks on the board when the Cardinals picked. It would have been interesting to see how they would have selected if the Cardinals had to choose between Miller and either Gabbert or Cam Newton. But we didn't get a chance.

I think most Cardinals fans will tell you that Miller would be a dream scenario for them. They need an outside linebacker in the 3-4, and Miller is a potential game-changer in the mold of DeMarcus Ware and Brian Orakpo. But I don't think they would be disappointed to see one of the quarterbacks fall to them at No. 5 either.